A clean home goes a long way towards transforming our spaces. For people experiencing cancer treatment, cleaning house can simply be too difficult, at a time when a healing environment is critically important. Thankfully there's a non-profit called Cleaning for a Reason...
Cleaning for a Reason is profiled in the current issue of the Angie's List magazine. Women who are currently in treatment for cancer are eligible for up to 4 free house cleaning sessions from a local cleaner. There are over 300 house cleaning businesses across the country that have enlisted to provide this service. For more information about how to qualify for this service, check out the Cleaning for a Reason website here.
And they are always looking to add more cleaning businesses to their ranks so if you hire a cleaning service, let them know about Cleaning for a Reason!
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What a great deed! Thanks for posting.
that is so awesome!
I think that's a wonderful idea! Not only will it be one less thing they have to deal with, but a clean environment is very important when your immune system is lowered.
The one thing I wish is that this was extended beyond just women. I know the assumption is that the woman is the one who is supposed to clean, but having this for men/children with cancer would be just as beneficial. Even if someone else in the household normally did the cleaning, not having to do it would free up time for them as a care giver.
What a nice idea. It's true that when one person has cancer, the whole family does. No one has the time to do the little things anymore. My friend's neighbors took it upon themselves to cook dinner for her and her family the week after each round of chemo.
They need this for women with ADD.
This is a fantastic idea. I can't imagine how difficult the most mundane tasks when one is severely ill.
Thanks for posting this. I work in a pharmacy that deals with a cancer center, and I plan on passing the link on to the coordinators there!
i have just gone through a surgery and 2-month off my feet recovery and i can tell you this idea is just wonderful.
i live in a small town with no laundry pick up and delivery services, and my washer/dryer is in my basement, and i could not walk---try not doing laundry for 10 weeks.
these people have hit on something simple that will be such a blessing.
It's unfortunate that this isn't also available to men in cancer treatment. A friend of mine who lives in Chile asked me to clean her elderly mom and stepdad's house because stepdad is in the midst of cancer treatment...trouble is, I live over an hour away from them and have not been able to help her with this simple request. I would love to refer them to this program, but it doesn't look like they would meet the requirements.
Excellent idea. The cancer treatment centre in my city also has a list of volunteers who will drive patients to and from appointments when they are unable to do so themselves or have no one to help out.
As someone who's gone through chemotherapy and hip replacement surgery, I gotta say this sounds like a wonderful service. Being homebound is bad enough -- being homebound in a filthy house is downright demoralizing.
P.S. I agree, though, that men should be included. Hope in the future the requirements change to allow this.
Thank you so much for posting on this. Thank you.